Senator wants to get out of Grover’s tub

A newly released paperback book by state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh highlights what he sees as dire consequences facing Texans. He uses anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist to make his case.

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Eliot Shapleigh

Norquist famously announced in 2001 that: “My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”

Shapleigh’s book is entitled: “Getting out of Grover’s Tub.”

“Today, Texas is first in dropouts and last in insured. Our skies once bright with promise are darkened by the highest levels of carcinogens of any state in America,” Shapleigh says. “On the streets, predatory lenders ply their trade at 1,100 percent interest per annum.